Shadowing Practice: Alone but Not Lonely // ep. 9 - Learn English Speaking with Video

Good morning guys, it's Syd and welcome back.

So today we're doing another alone but not lonely video.

My last episode of this was episode 8 a month and a half ago,

which means this is episode 9,

so we've made it really far you guys.

Almost to the double digits.

I love that you guys love these videos so much.

I remember thinking of this concept in a coffee shop to do a whole series of just being alone,

romanticizing your life alone.

Because I always just talk about it anyways and I do so much alone.

So today I am alone, per usual.

I, guys, I have friends.

I do have friends.

We're gonna be hanging out today.

So grab a little snack have some tea I want this

to be a little bit more of a chatty video

because you guys ask for that and I also really like Watching just a cute relaxed chatty video.

Whoa, wait you guys today is january 1st the first day of 2025 Last night for new year's I did absolutely nothing.

My parents and I just watched a movie

and then I went to bed So new year's is just stressful for really no reason

Everyone always asks about your plans what you're doing There's

so much pressure to like be at the best party be doing the best things

So I was like this year i'm doing nothing Basically,

i'm at my parents house right now

if you couldn't tell they're actually all working today

So i'm on my own we are going to be going to a coffee shop.

This coffee shop is really cute and quaint It's in st. Paul.

I want to bring one of my books to read

okay guys

so i drove to this cafe oh oops i don't really come down to this area very often

but i just wanted to find a nice little cafe to spend some of my morning at wow

that car just went through a red light this sounds cheesy

but i wanted to romanticize my morning a little bit The vibe and ambiance of a place really is everything for me.

If I like the ambiance,

I'll want to stay there all day with my book.

So I think I've been in this place once a really long time ago.

I don't really remember.

Also, I forgot it was New Year's today and it's a holiday.

So every other cafe is closed except for this one.

I brought my book to read.

This is the 101 essays that will change the way you think.

I've been wanting to read this for so long.

And my friend actually got this for me for Christmas,

which was so nice and I didn't even tell her that I had been wanting to read this.

She just told me that it was one of her favorite books

and she got me like a highlighter and a little journal to mark pages

and mark things that I find the most important.

So I'm really excited.

This was such a nice gift.

I've been dying to read this.

I've heard

so many good things about this everyone's staring at me yay

i love filming guys i'll get over it one day

so i'm at

this cafe it's called cafe astoria by the way

if you're in minnesota it's really cute i barely remember it

because i went

so long ago i'm really happy right now this is exactly

what i wanted i got a prime spot look no one's

at this table except for me first thing i got a hot vanilla oat milk latte coffee's good

so far it's actually really good wow i also don't usually get hot lattes

but when it's so cold out i cannot have a cold latte sometimes.

And then I got this banana muffin.

This is so amazing.

This is really good.

It's basically just banana bread.

I've been in my banana bread routine.

I've been making it so often.

This is so good.

If you ever come here,

you need to get this.

It's like so moist.

I hate that word.

Ew.

i love that cafe i had the best time

and my book is also really really good

when i was leaving those girls saw me filming

and they were like wait do you want to get our hot chocolate in

because it's really pretty so they let me film their drink

which was

so nice i do think minnesota nice is actually a real

thing especially after living in new york i see it now

that i've moved away those girls were

so nice anyways i'm walking back to my car now i

think i'm gonna run to ulta i want to get this face tanner

that i need and i've been really putting it off

but since i leave to utah tomorrow i need to get it before i go so

okay guys so i just stopped in the store called patina i didn't plan to do this

but i saw it was was kind of close by

and I'm so glad I did I got some really unique cool things

that I'm gonna show you guys I didn't plan on doing

that but I did want to stop so I'll show you guys

that later when I get home but I am gonna go to Ulta still

so I changed my mind I just got to Ulta

and before I go in I cannot wait to show you guys what I got

because I'm impatient I ended up getting two things first thing I got is this set of coasters they're beaded

and they're all these different cocktails they sold four different ones

so I ended up getting all four

because I wanted a full set I love these the second

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I saw these my eyes gravitated towards them I cannot put

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into words how much I love these look at the little olive

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and they were only five dollars each which I thought was a really good deal.

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So I'm really excited.

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I'm going to put these in my apartment because I've been planning decorating my apartment right now.

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I'm going to do a whole like apartment transformation,

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but those will go really well with my room.

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And then I got a little piece of jewelry.

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I could not not get jewelry in here.

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I saw this little tennis bracelet.

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So pretty.

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And I think it'll be a really nice layering piece.

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Anyways, that's what I got.

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I'm going to go to Ulta really quick finally like i've been talking about

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so let's go after looking at a few face tanners i

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decided to get the face mist by saint tropez i've never tried it

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so i'll keep you guys updated how i like it okay

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i keep getting distracted i just got my stuff from ulta the only thing i got was

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that face tanner actually now i'm gonna stop

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and get my nails done i keep remembering things

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that i want to do because they're really grown out

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so i just called and they said they had an appointment I'm gonna get a little I think dip manicure

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I love my nails I was on Pinterest

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which is what I always do before I get my nails

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done usually I don't prepare in advance I just figure it out when I'm there and I loved this chrome

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neutral nude color.

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I'm really happy it's good for the new year I think.

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Guys this is such a full circle moment because my nail was broken and it was in a cast for a while.

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So now they've grown back.

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I'm healthy again.

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I decided to stop at the grocery store because I want to make salad tonight for my whole family.

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Like a Caesar chicken salad.

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I'm gonna get some fresh ingredients for that.

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I just got back from the grocery store.

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I got all this stuff for Caesar salad tonight.

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I'm going to be making myself and my family dinner.

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It's kind of a big task to be honest.

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I can't stop looking at my nails though.

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I love them.

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Look how pretty, especially with the bracelet that I got today.

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Also, I'm using my phone flashlight.

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You guys know I've been in my cooking era.

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I hate I'm not saying that anymore, I decided.

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I've been cooking more.

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Ever since I moved apartments,

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I have a full kitchen there

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and I've just been actually starting to kind of enjoy it

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which if you've watched me for a while you'd probably be shocked

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because i've always talked about how i don't really like cooking i'm taking advantage of this motivation

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that i've been having one of my favorite things to make

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that i've made since i was younger is breaded chicken

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so easy you just take the chicken and dip it in some flour eggs

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and panko so i'm gonna start the chicken since that's gonna go in the salad

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So before Ichuss so

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dinner is served by me my dinner for my whole entire family

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Alone but not lonely

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but this time family edition I kind of forgot for a second

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that I'm flying tomorrow

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and I need to pack my stuff I've been in Minnesota for like two weeks I think

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so I'm pretty settled in here And I did pack quite a bit

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if you watched my other vlog so I need to repack everything Luckily,

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it's not that bad to some of you.

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This may be bad.

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It's actually pretty doable

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So i'm just gonna go through I think kind of reorganize since I have my main suitcase

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and then I have my carry-on over here I want to divide things

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So I might just put all my shoes in the carry-on

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and then all my clothes In my suitcase and then I also need to clean This up.

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This is a wreck from christmas.

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So i'm gonna get started before it's too late so

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don't hate me guys i forgot to do an outro

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again after i packed i just went to bed so

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but i just want to say thank you guys for watching and i'll see you in my next vlog bye guys

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B1 se basa en el vídeo “Alone but Not Lonely // ep. 9”. Este vídeo tiene 172 frases y 1720 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 11:07. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 155 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. Solo el 80 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es exigente.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

Palabra	Pronunciación	Significado
café sustantivo	/ˌkæˈfeɪ/	café, cafetería
nail sustantivo	/neɪl/	uña, garra
salad sustantivo	/ˈsæl.əd/	ensalada
latte sustantivo	/ˈlɑ.teɪ/	latte
banana sustantivo	/bəˈnænə/	banana, banano
ambiance sustantivo	/ˈɑm.bi.ɑns/	ambiente, atmósfera
chatty adjetivo	/ˈt͡ʃæti/	charlador, conversador
romanticize verbo	/roʊˈmæntɪsaɪz/	romantizar
vlog sustantivo	/ˈvlɑɡ/	videobitácora
suitcase sustantivo	/ˈsutkeɪs/	maleta, petaca
bracelet sustantivo	/ˈbɹeɪslət/	brazalete, pulsera
jewellery sustantivo	/ˈd͡ʒʊ-/	joyería, joyas
tan verbo	/tæn/	broncearse
lonely adjetivo	/ˈloʊnli/	solitario, solo
decorate verbo	/ˈdɛkəɹeɪt/	decorar, engalanar

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

Palabra	Significado
end up verbo	terminar, ir a parar
go through verbo	atravesar
get over verbo	superar, sobreponerse a
grow out verbo	dejar/permitir crecer, echar

Frases que vale la pena repetir

Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:

We're gonna be hanging out today.
I've been wanting to read this for so long.
I've been dying to read this.
I've been in my banana bread routine.
I've been making it so often.

Gramática en este vídeo

Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:

Estructura	En el vídeo
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — una acción que empezó antes y continúa	I've been wanting · I've been dying · I've been making
Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora	we've made · I've been · I've heard
Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace	is closed · was broken · be shocked
Verbo + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbos seguidos de la forma en -ing	love filming · keep getting · keep remembering

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 88 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, I've, gonna. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: flashlight /ˈflæʃˌlaɪt/, impatient /ɪmˈpeɪʃənt/, transformation /ˌtɹæns.fɔɹˈmeɪ.ʃən/, motivation /ˈmoʊ.tə.veɪ.ʃən/, shoe /ˈʃu/
Palabras largas — cuida el acento: romanticize /roʊˈmæntɪsaɪz/, ingredient /ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/, transformation /ˌtɹæns.fɔɹˈmeɪ.ʃən/, motivation /ˈmoʊ.tə.veɪ.ʃən/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: stressful /ˈstɹɛsfəl/, snack /snæk/, stare /stɛɚ/
/v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: vlog /ˈvlɑɡ/, gravitate /ˈɡɹævɪteɪt/, vanilla /vəˈnɪl.ə/, vibe /vaɪb/, olive /ˈɑ.lɪv/
/z/ — sonora, no /s/: anyways /ˈɛn.iˌweɪz/, romanticize /roʊˈmæntɪsaɪz/, cheesy /ˈt͡ʃiːzi/

Cómo practicar con este vídeo

Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
Empieza a velocidad 0,75×, haz shadowing frase por frase y vuelve a la velocidad normal cuando te resulte fácil.
Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como café, nail, salad.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

Frases que vale la pena repetir

Gramática en este vídeo

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

Cómo practicar con este vídeo

¿Qué es la Técnica de Shadowing?